Reading has 14 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors listed here, covering the town and the surrounding Berkshire area.
A B Walker & Son has served Berkshire since 1826 under seven generations. The Caversham branch sits at Westfield Lodge, Gosbrook Road.
A B Walker & Son has served Berkshire since 1826 under seven generations. The Reading branch at Eldon House serves as the firm's head office.
A B Walker & Son has served Berkshire since 1826 across seven generations. The Tilehurst branch on School Road is one of the firm's nine locations.
A B Walker & Son has served Berkshire since 1826. Now run by the seventh generation, the Woodley branch is one of nine across the carbon-neutral firm.
Ash Brook Funeral Directors is run by Terina Dance, Dip FD MBIFD, from Burghfield Common, Reading, with a second branch in Tadley, Hampshire.
Co-op Funeralcare, Reading (Caversham) serves the surrounding area. The team offers attended and unattended funerals.
Cyril H Lovegrove serves Reading and Berkshire, part of the Dignity network, ranging from traditional attended funerals to direct cremation.
Miles & Daughters Funeral Directors has been serving Reading since 1999. The branch offers attended and unattended funerals and a chapel of rest.
Miles & Daughters Funeral Directors (Inc Richard Lloyd Funeral Services) has served Reading since 1999. The team offers repatriation services.
Miles and Daughters Funeral Directors, Reading has served the area since 1999. This Funeral Partners branch offers repatriation services and home visits.
Based on the standardised price lists Reading's funeral directors publish, a direct cremation typically costs from around £1,495 up to £1,995, averaging near £1,728. A fully attended, traditional funeral (funeral director's fees only) ranges from about £2,845 to £3,600, averaging around £3,424 — among the higher averages on this directory. Direct cremation prices are as published by each firm and some include the crematorium fee; attended funeral figures don't include third-party costs such as crematorium fees, burial plots, or a celebrant or minister's fee. Those focused purely on the direct cremation option can find more detail on our direct cremation in Reading page.
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14 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors are listed here for Reading and the surrounding area.
A fully attended funeral in Reading averages around £3,424 for the funeral director's own fees — one of the higher averages on this directory — though a direct cremation can still be arranged from about £1,495.
All 11 funeral directors listed in Reading are NAFD or SAIF accredited. Both NAFD and SAIF require their members to meet a code of practice and offer families a formal route to raise a complaint if something goes wrong.